by Tri Robinson
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For hundreds of years, the church championed the beauty of God’s creation, demonstrating in many ways how it points to the Creator. However, over the last century, the evangelical church has let the value of caring for creation slip away. Author and pastor Tri Robinson makes a compelling case for the biblical mandate behind environmental stewardship and shows the church what it can do about this eroding value. Through sharing both his own personal story and the story of his church in response to environmental concerns, Robinson clearly shows how important this value is and how effective it is in showing others the Creator. Not only does Robinson inspire the reader to care for the environment, he reveals a clear pathway to making the value of environmental stewardship real in both the life of the reader and the Christian community in which he or she is involved.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Turning Over a New Leaf, 2008-04-24
I have never read a book quite like this one. I expected a quasi-Christian tree hugging manifesto, but instead got a balanced biblical view of environmental stewardship. In a time in which environmentalism is connected with a liberal political agenda, the author does a terrific job of calling the church back to an appreciation of God's world. Two of his personal stories (finding Jesus in the eyes of a deer and the Holy Spirit in a canyon wind) could have been omitted, but the premise of the book is still challenging. The environment is not a political issue, and Christian conservatives can be environmentalists, too.
The author correctly asserts that Christians can reach people with the Gospel by being involved in environmental causes. One recent example is Ted Turner's softening toward the Christian faith after realizing how the Lutheran and Methodist churches are fighting malaria in Africa; the man who once called Christianity "a religion for losers" regrets the remarks he has made in the past because of this practical demonstration of God's love.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Like "Small Footprint," this book is of no use to the environmental movement , 2008-04-05
The book might make some people feel good about being a green curious Christian, but the problem is, in order to be pro environment, you have to actually contribute to positive environmental change. Recycling more and turning off the lights may be, for some, practical advice, but it's about as watered down as you can get as an advocate of "God's Green Earth." Without addressing the hand that corporations and governments have had in environmental disaster, the Pastor plays it safe in the most destructive way possible. With such a hopeful title, he is positioned to make money off of people's fears and passions, without making any bold statements that could potentially alienate the members of his church and wider Evangelical community. The message one gets from this book is a sadly cynical one.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Savings God's Green Earth - A Religous Approach to Envorinental Proactivity, 2007-07-21
I am the committee executive for our church (Prysterian Church in DC). This book is an excellent source of ideas and methods to bring a strong enviromental approach to the church and is congregation. The book also assists in overcoming objevctions as to the logic of the church becoming involved in the eniromental movement.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
It's Easy to be Green, 2007-06-21
Tri Robinson delivers in this impassioned call to the church to return to its roots when it comes to caring for the environment. As the pastor of a large evangelical church, Robinson shares passionately how he rediscovered the biblical mandate to care for creation and how he put that into action within his church.
Filled with theological insights and practical applications, this book is a great primer for any Christian or church leader looking to provide a pathway for his or her church to engage other church members in this value. A must read!!!
15 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
straight to the recycle bin, 2007-06-21
Once I was able to get past the numerous, glaring grammatical errors, I found myself looking for something of substance that would both challenge me to think more about the church's responsibility of environmental stewardship along with an applicable toolset for creating/operating such a ministry at my own church. I was disappointed in finding little of either.
Robinson's attempt to stay entirely apolitical renders the book ineffective and never provides a true context for redefining the ideals of conservation as Rod Dreher so aptly did in his book from last year, Crunchy Cons. Nor does Robinson attempt to give a new framework for a new approach to the American consumerist lifestyle and incorporating "cradle to cradle" thinking into our shopping habits. Yvon Chouinard's Let My People Go Surfing does this in a far more inspirational manner and addresses truly incorporating these philosophies back into the organization.
Additionally, Robinson never addresses the architectural toxicity of most church buildings today, failing to touch on both new builds and retrofitting existing structures. Considering this is perhaps the greatest environmental impact many churches will collectively make on the environment, I was disappointed to find such a gapping void instead of a few chapters on this topic.
Lastly, Robinson ignores the fiscal costs and savings of both incorporating a greener approach to church and Christian ministry. Considering that having financials to back up ideas can help saw many conservative people in the church, this would have been a useful addition as would have benchmarks for gauging participation over time in new environmental ministries.
I'd recommend skipping this unenlightened drivel and getting Crunchy Cons and Let My People Go Surfing. They might actually encourage you to do some real thinking.
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